HI Stuart,
I have an off-board hpt366 running fine. Unfortunately it's on a server
and running a custom (monolithic) kernel, so there will be some
differences.
I think (this is about 8 months ago now on 7.1) that passing the options
"ide2=dma ide3=dma" at boot time should allow the controller to be
configured properly.
The other magic wand to wave with the new kernels is to try passing
"ide2=noautotune" etc
Buchan
stuart simpson wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "stuart simpson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2001 6:46 PM
> Subject: hpt366 hinders boot, system crashes or freezes
>
> > Hello there, I just recently installed mandrake 7.2, and it doesn't work
> > if my onboard
> > hpt366 pci card is active in the bios
> >
> > details
> >
> > abit be6-2 with hpt366 udma on board
> > soundblaster live value
> > matrox g400 dual head
> >
> > ide0 master: 20 gig quantum ( boot drive, with windowsME, win2k,
> > mandrake 7.2
> > ide0 slave: zip drive
> >
> > ide1 master plextor 8x cdrw
> > ide1 slave panasonic dvd-cd rom
> >
> > udma ( hpt 366 )
> >
> > ide 2 30 gig udma66 quantum
> > ide 3 3 gig udma 33 quantum
> >
> > all drives work ok in windows 2000, ME
> >
> > The computer boots, and detects everything in linux, but when it gets to
> > the udma drives it stalls.
> >
> > if I deactivate the hpt 366, then the system boots okay. This is one
> > workaround, but this means I can't use my bigger h/d with linux at all.
> > I tried reading the udma mini howto, and I've tried passing the values
> > into lilo via boot up, but this doesn't seem to help. Should this work?
> >
> > There are messages upon bootup that the IRQ for the hpt is unresovlable
> > or something and it will check later . . . seems strange.
> >
> > could it be
> >
> > 1)the pnp settings in the bios?
> > 2)an unfortunate irq problem?
> > 3)???
> >
> > I don't see the crashing upon bootup mentioned anywhere in the howto
> > files, so I am not sure what is causing this. I would understand it
> > better if the drive wasn't recognized. but it seems to be recognized,
> > only the system crashes after that.
> >
> > do I have to recompile the kernel for it to work? What would I have to
> > activate to make it work properly?
> >
> > It seems that the hpt366 stuff is already active in the kernel, since
> > the device is recognized and all . . ..
> >
> > Help!!
> >
> > any input would be appreciated.
> >
> > Stuart
> >
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